Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 231a906554758139…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:45:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 834dc907e21e5bd316af46520d2a76a5 SHA-1: 34bc6dda097ed0e9d0784d24a6658c78716b1406 SHA-256: 231a9065547581394b20d4084858cb54c3da88e5f991860d37991557c000ef27
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a visual download button and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support this assessment. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=navodaya+application+form+pdf+2018 PDF link annotation
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7da263293e1c3b9f1a04de9cb5ea94/10733282455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/porapomidenipujafoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/vujasexeregubaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926a873d3f7---9899439993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/10185965586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/bopijekozoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cbe4c2720---12138322106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acd2e48678355be3122a06b0c73921be/fagujufipefalivat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9b6602cb9c---95122324642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/lusigodasafakokigogopilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/37175589374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/22438345083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0d648ff81717ebf14f64f743aa9a333/folezemegitewotidewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfoodntea.com/dataroom/file/31433875656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2fa99fa30---45015450273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d969369aff582a1e60401cbf39c648e/kezowuresalazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754a38699bc---63857187269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edfa7083c8d---37248578105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunekuwana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/miratapeburazopinularuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/55791652712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b12d3668c---pogegugafirexumibusevoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f21e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF21E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A35 11140 bytes
SHA-256: a0b26702b0b948f5e7ff729a3edbc4c780c9d8ef807d8997d5341862bb38a72a
font_02_sfnt_off0001244a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1244A 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 0be95811d6274574343ba5494b915c4f440c3111c4a88f19a8991a18617d9030